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Sweden Reacts To Their World Cup Loss
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A talented group indeed. I first saw them on the televised Eurovision contest back in 1974 when they sang ‘Waterloo’. As I remember it snowed in Sussex (I lived at Nutley that year, near – about 5 minutes drive- where the Piltdown man was ‘discovered’). A cold winter but a beautiful summer. The Piltdown hoax makes an interesting read.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piltdown_Man
It was a glorious sunny day in Manchester, England. There was little traffic on the roads and the streets were empty.
I went to the supermarket to get BBQ supplies and noticed great gaps in the floorspace – that’s where the mountains of beer boxes used to be.
Sounds like Australia too. Every time there’s a big “important” sports-something going on, the couch potatoes and armchair experts jump into err.. “action” and leave the roads empty for the rest of us that have far better things to do.
People don’t realise the futility of playing these games for real when there are some really good simulators available. I ran one of these models , Championship Manager, which is based on CHIMP5, and the winner in 2018 will be Worrongong sea-cadets under 12 boys, who will beat Brazil 23 – 0.
in extra time
This takes me back to April 1974 when the Eurovision Song was held in Brighton and I was living only 30 miles away. Enjoy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52cndbWZr04
For all you futbol-ers out there, here’s a good laugh
http://www.thesun.co.uk/world-cup-2018/6688134/world-cup-2018-neymar-diving-kfc/
Having just returned from Sweden, I have been listening to a lot of Abba recently. We did wonder if it ever drives the staff in the tourist cafes mad hearing it all day. (I did give the Abba museum a miss!)
They are still one of my favorites, forty years later.
Soon to be Swedistan. You must have liked it this Big Brother cashless society it has become ,like Norway.
It is hard to believe, but Agnetha is now 68 years old and Anni-Frid is 72. Still looking and sounding great.
I have a question for a language expert out there: How do non-native English speakers sing non-accented English, but speak English with a noticeable accent? Forty+ years ago I initially thought ABBA was a British group, not Swedish.
Christmas, 1969 we met some Swedes in Alicante, Spain who sounded like they grew up in New York.
singing seems to be non accented. for years I thought the eagles were british.
listen to the beatles sing, then listen to them speak. very heavily accented speech
ABBA also released Spanish versions of their albums! Regardless of the endeavor – music, sports, business, – if you have the ‘knack’ your abilities are seemingly super-human. I am blown away how groups like ABBA can come up with top quality song after song when I can’t even hum a decent rift.
Thank you Tony! ABBA is my all-time favorite group. I give ABBA “Thank You for the Music” 4 CD sets for all weddings, graduations, etc.